diff --git a/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/IfcGeomFilter.h b/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/IfcGeomFilter.h
index 8013f1bb21..122405b8e3 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/IfcGeomFilter.h
+++ b/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/IfcGeomFilter.h
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 #ifndef IFCGEOMFILTER_H
 #define IFCGEOMFILTER_H
 
+#include <boost/version.hpp>
+#if BOOST_VERSION >= 107800 && defined(_MSC_VER)
 #define BOOST_REGEX_NO_W32
+#endif
 
 #include "Kernel.h"
 #include "../ifcparse/IfcFile.h"